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		By: alicecook3e		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-143108</link>

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					<description><![CDATA[This includes misleading ballot titles, fake signatures, or people gathering signatures who aren’t allowed to do so.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This includes misleading ballot titles, fake signatures, or people gathering signatures who aren’t allowed to do so.</p>
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		By: little missy		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6047</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[little missy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I also saw the same guy doing forgery in Orange and LA county on petitions.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also saw the same guy doing forgery in Orange and LA county on petitions.</p>
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		By: little missy		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6046</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[little missy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Kent, I can name a couple of instances! lol]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Kent, I can name a couple of instances! lol</p>
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		By: little missy		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6045</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[little missy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I saw two guys (names not be mentioned here) tampering with voter registration cards in 2008 in san fran right before bush&#039;s election. They were making dems into repubs by forging their names. Its people like them that give people like me that want to help others - gives us a bad name.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw two guys (names not be mentioned here) tampering with voter registration cards in 2008 in san fran right before bush&#8217;s election. They were making dems into repubs by forging their names. Its people like them that give people like me that want to help others &#8211; gives us a bad name.</p>
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		By: Kent		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6044</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Name one instance of identity theft from signature gatherers and even if you can, it would be very rare.  I work as a paid signature gatherer and I don&#039;t want your signature or your address if it doesn&#039;t match the voter rolls and I get docked pay if my validity rate is below a certain percentage.

Realize that the people I turn my signatures into already have the complete voters rolls.

When I am collecting signatures I often register people to vote and I put my name and address plus my phone number on the receipt at the bottom of the form which I give to the person, a complete stranger.  I do this so I can collect more signatures and I am not worried in the least that my identity could be stolen.

I have been doing this now for about three years now and in the last couple of months people have looked at me with hatred in their eyes thanks to the lying commercials on the radio but it was never like that before and all I am trying to do is my job.

One of my co workers put it this way when he said, &quot;Do you think I would be out in front of a store for sometimes ten hours a day, often in the hot sun, just to steal someone&#039;s indentity?&quot;   It just doesn&#039;t add up that we would do that when there are a lot of easier ways to get someone&#039;s information, especially on the internet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Name one instance of identity theft from signature gatherers and even if you can, it would be very rare.  I work as a paid signature gatherer and I don&#8217;t want your signature or your address if it doesn&#8217;t match the voter rolls and I get docked pay if my validity rate is below a certain percentage.</p>
<p>Realize that the people I turn my signatures into already have the complete voters rolls.</p>
<p>When I am collecting signatures I often register people to vote and I put my name and address plus my phone number on the receipt at the bottom of the form which I give to the person, a complete stranger.  I do this so I can collect more signatures and I am not worried in the least that my identity could be stolen.</p>
<p>I have been doing this now for about three years now and in the last couple of months people have looked at me with hatred in their eyes thanks to the lying commercials on the radio but it was never like that before and all I am trying to do is my job.</p>
<p>One of my co workers put it this way when he said, &#8220;Do you think I would be out in front of a store for sometimes ten hours a day, often in the hot sun, just to steal someone&#8217;s indentity?&#8221;   It just doesn&#8217;t add up that we would do that when there are a lot of easier ways to get someone&#8217;s information, especially on the internet.</p>
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		By: Will		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6043</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Steve,
It appears you are follower of Saul Alinsky book,( Rules for radicals).  If anyone here is not familiar, lll just point out  a rule Steve is performing for us.
Step#6
&quot;Ridicule is man&#039;s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.&quot;
Please continue your lefty liberal tactics, you are very entertaining.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve,<br />
It appears you are follower of Saul Alinsky book,( Rules for radicals).  If anyone here is not familiar, lll just point out  a rule Steve is performing for us.<br />
Step#6<br />
&#8220;Ridicule is man&#8217;s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.&#8221;<br />
Please continue your lefty liberal tactics, you are very entertaining.</p>
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		By: Jeffrey		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6042</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Steve,
 The question was &quot;HOW WAS THIS STORY INCONCLUSIVE?&quot;.

Would you please stay on topic and explain how this add is not misleading.

I see you like to &quot;cut and paste&quot; I thought you made need to review the following.
Misleading- confusing or deceptive: likely or deliberately intended to confuse people or give them a false idea of something.

Thank you]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve,<br />
 The question was &#8220;HOW WAS THIS STORY INCONCLUSIVE?&#8221;.</p>
<p>Would you please stay on topic and explain how this add is not misleading.</p>
<p>I see you like to &#8220;cut and paste&#8221; I thought you made need to review the following.<br />
Misleading- confusing or deceptive: likely or deliberately intended to confuse people or give them a false idea of something.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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		By: StevefromSacto		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6041</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[StevefromSacto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh, yeah, it&#039;s the Democrats who are trying to suppress the political process. Read and learn:

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has been accused of attempting to suppress Democratic voter turnout in the Wisconsin Senate recall elections.

Patch.com reported that Charles Shultz, a Democrat who lives in the 10th Senate District, received an absentee ballot application form last week from AFP that contained incorrect information on it. The form instructed him to mail it back to the wrong location by Aug. 11 -- two days after the recall election in his district between Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R) and Shelly Moore (D) is set to take place, on Aug. 9.

Politico obtained a copy of the AFP mailer, which was also distributed to voters in the 2nd District.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the state&#039;s Government Accountability Board over the issue, accusing AFP of &quot;falsely representing the time frame&quot; for the upcoming August 9 recall election. Shultz filed his own complaint with the GAB on Saturday.

AFP may also be getting involved in the increasingly heated ad wars that have been leading up to the recall elections. According to One Wisconsin Now, AFP has reportedly purchased over $150,000 in television ad time in the Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee areas.

A spokesperson for Americans for Prosperity did not respond when asked for comment on the purchase, but One Wisconsin Now, a non-profit statewide progressive communications network, says the ad buy appears to be an effort to help the six Republican state Senators who were challenged by recall elections after supporting Governor Scott Walker&#039;s anti-collective bargaining legislation in early 2011.

Scot Ross, the Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now, said at least one of the AFP-backed ads will air in support of two Republicans, Sen. Luther Olsen (District 14) and Sen. Robert Cowles (District 2). The group has also confirmed a $90,000 AFP ad buy in District 12, currently represented by Sen. Jim Holperin, a Democrat who is being recalled.


Walker&#039;s legislation -- which eliminated collective bargaining and other rights for public employees and forced state workers to start paying more for their pensions and health care benefits -- prompted voters to stage mass protests and led to nine total recall elections.

Six Republicans and two Democrats are still trying to keep their seats. One Democrat, Sen. Dave Hansen, fended off a challenge from Republican David VanderLeest in July. If Democrats pick up a total of three new seats in the recall elections, their party will retake control of the Senate and gain an increased amount of influence over Walker&#039;s budget legislation.

Spending on the recall elections, much of which is coming from outside groups, is expected to top $20 million. Sen. Alberta Darling, a Republican facing a challenge from Assemblymember Sandy Pasch, is on track to set the record for the most money spent by a state Senate candidate in Wisconsin, having already put more than $600,000 toward her recall effort.

Americans for Prosperity has a history of backing Wisconsin Republicans. The organization previously paid for an ad entitled &quot;Stand With Scott Walker,&quot; showing its support for the governor&#039;s budget-cutting plan and blaming President Barack Obama for the February protests in the state.

The group also sponsored &quot;Wisconsin Freedom Phonebanks&quot; at the RightOnline Conference in June, in which conservative activists called voters to &quot;get the pulse of the community.&quot;

Gov. Walker&#039;s ties to the Kochs -- billionaire brothers who are behind the second-largest privately owned company in the United States -- have caused controversy in the past, particularly after an incident where a man believed to be Walker made controversial statements to Ian Murphy, editor of the news site the Buffalo Beast, as Murphy pretended to be David Koch.

In light of the continual protests and recall elections, Walker admitted to making mistakes during his rocky first term but still defended his policy choices. He acknowledged that his controversial budget-cutting decisions could make it hard for Republicans to prevail in the August recall elections.

&quot;If the Republican candidates are outspent two to one, it&#039;s pretty difficult,&quot; Walker told Reuters about the recall effort, adding that the party will have a better chance of prevailing &quot;if things end up being relatively even and the message gets out.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, yeah, it&#8217;s the Democrats who are trying to suppress the political process. Read and learn:</p>
<p>Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has been accused of attempting to suppress Democratic voter turnout in the Wisconsin Senate recall elections.</p>
<p>Patch.com reported that Charles Shultz, a Democrat who lives in the 10th Senate District, received an absentee ballot application form last week from AFP that contained incorrect information on it. The form instructed him to mail it back to the wrong location by Aug. 11 &#8212; two days after the recall election in his district between Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R) and Shelly Moore (D) is set to take place, on Aug. 9.</p>
<p>Politico obtained a copy of the AFP mailer, which was also distributed to voters in the 2nd District.</p>
<p>The Wisconsin Democratic Party filed a formal complaint Tuesday with the state&#8217;s Government Accountability Board over the issue, accusing AFP of &#8220;falsely representing the time frame&#8221; for the upcoming August 9 recall election. Shultz filed his own complaint with the GAB on Saturday.</p>
<p>AFP may also be getting involved in the increasingly heated ad wars that have been leading up to the recall elections. According to One Wisconsin Now, AFP has reportedly purchased over $150,000 in television ad time in the Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee areas.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for Americans for Prosperity did not respond when asked for comment on the purchase, but One Wisconsin Now, a non-profit statewide progressive communications network, says the ad buy appears to be an effort to help the six Republican state Senators who were challenged by recall elections after supporting Governor Scott Walker&#8217;s anti-collective bargaining legislation in early 2011.</p>
<p>Scot Ross, the Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now, said at least one of the AFP-backed ads will air in support of two Republicans, Sen. Luther Olsen (District 14) and Sen. Robert Cowles (District 2). The group has also confirmed a $90,000 AFP ad buy in District 12, currently represented by Sen. Jim Holperin, a Democrat who is being recalled.</p>
<p>Walker&#8217;s legislation &#8212; which eliminated collective bargaining and other rights for public employees and forced state workers to start paying more for their pensions and health care benefits &#8212; prompted voters to stage mass protests and led to nine total recall elections.</p>
<p>Six Republicans and two Democrats are still trying to keep their seats. One Democrat, Sen. Dave Hansen, fended off a challenge from Republican David VanderLeest in July. If Democrats pick up a total of three new seats in the recall elections, their party will retake control of the Senate and gain an increased amount of influence over Walker&#8217;s budget legislation.</p>
<p>Spending on the recall elections, much of which is coming from outside groups, is expected to top $20 million. Sen. Alberta Darling, a Republican facing a challenge from Assemblymember Sandy Pasch, is on track to set the record for the most money spent by a state Senate candidate in Wisconsin, having already put more than $600,000 toward her recall effort.</p>
<p>Americans for Prosperity has a history of backing Wisconsin Republicans. The organization previously paid for an ad entitled &#8220;Stand With Scott Walker,&#8221; showing its support for the governor&#8217;s budget-cutting plan and blaming President Barack Obama for the February protests in the state.</p>
<p>The group also sponsored &#8220;Wisconsin Freedom Phonebanks&#8221; at the RightOnline Conference in June, in which conservative activists called voters to &#8220;get the pulse of the community.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gov. Walker&#8217;s ties to the Kochs &#8212; billionaire brothers who are behind the second-largest privately owned company in the United States &#8212; have caused controversy in the past, particularly after an incident where a man believed to be Walker made controversial statements to Ian Murphy, editor of the news site the Buffalo Beast, as Murphy pretended to be David Koch.</p>
<p>In light of the continual protests and recall elections, Walker admitted to making mistakes during his rocky first term but still defended his policy choices. He acknowledged that his controversial budget-cutting decisions could make it hard for Republicans to prevail in the August recall elections.</p>
<p>&#8220;If the Republican candidates are outspent two to one, it&#8217;s pretty difficult,&#8221; Walker told Reuters about the recall effort, adding that the party will have a better chance of prevailing &#8220;if things end up being relatively even and the message gets out.&#8221;</p>
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		By: Barb		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6040</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, I&#039;m not interested in getting involved in conjecture with you unless you can add some form of poignant information that would otherwise prove this story inconclusive.  But you certainly have the right to voice your opinion as do I.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Steve, I&#8217;m not interested in getting involved in conjecture with you unless you can add some form of poignant information that would otherwise prove this story inconclusive.  But you certainly have the right to voice your opinion as do I.</p>
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		By: Steve		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2011/07/29/thieving-signature-gatherers/#comment-6039</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barb, of course Erick Erickson is claiming on redstate that this is the unions.  Without a shred or spec of evidence.  Please stop spreading trash.  There is enough garbage going around the blogosphere without you adding to it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barb, of course Erick Erickson is claiming on redstate that this is the unions.  Without a shred or spec of evidence.  Please stop spreading trash.  There is enough garbage going around the blogosphere without you adding to it.</p>
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